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Confessions Of A Collector The lighter side of SMA (Sports Memorabilia Addiction) by Michael Aubrecht StlrsFan1@aol.com Website: Pinstripe Press I love collecting… Actually, it's less like a hobby and more like an obsession, OK-OK, an addiction. I have boxes and binders and shelves full of autographed: trading cards, baseballs, bobble head dolls, books, hats, helmets, goalie masks, photos and countless other novelty items. I go to all of the local card shows or spend hours in junk stores picking through dusty old boxes looking for that rare diamond in the rough. I spend hours online researching the best deals on collectables and I've even renegotiated several freelance jobs I've done for various sports networks to get paid in memorabilia instead of cash. I take more care in cleaning and shining my collection than I do my cars and god forbid in the event of a fire, it's a toss up between the card collection and the kids. OK the card collection and ONE kid. I'm not that bad. Yes, I have a problem and thank god, an understanding wife. What is it that causes a 31 year-old man like me to act like a little kid every time I get a 2 dollar pack of trading cards? What makes me willing to wait in line for hours just to shake the sweaty hand of some "has-been" player and get a quick scribbled signature on some item that I probably paid way too much for? Is it an investment? Maybe. I know part of my kids' college educations will be partially funded by Michael Jordan, Dick Butkus, Mario Lemieux and many others. (Although I'm banking on that 1-in-a-million NHL shot for my 11 year old goaltender.) Is it simply a guy thing? Maybe. Some have boats or motorcycles or guns or power tools - I've got a '62 Whitey Ford. Both are good arguments, but I think the answer is much simpler. It's not about the adult fan that has had to come to terms with Plan-B, performance enhancing drugs, labor disputes and all of the other crap that I was too naive to believe when I was young. I believe it's the memories of those classic moments from our childhood that are "jogged" every time we look at an old scratched up baseball with some player's sloppy handwriting on it. I think it actually brings us back to the time when we were kids, when the games we remember felt bigger than they actually were and when the players we worshiped looked like gods. That's what memorabilia collecting means to me, deep down inside. It's not about the adult fan that has had to come to terms with Plan-B, performance enhancing drugs, labor disputes and all of the other crap that I was too naive to believe when I was young. It's about the kid I was and sometimes long to be again and the countless memories I have of those glory days gone by. I may be getting older, but that part of me, the kid inside, still remains. That's why I collect. Now that I got that off my chest you'll have to excuse me as I have to go and re-alphabatize my rookie cards before I can go to bed. Stay tuned for next month's article "How to Recognize Signs of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder." The Pinstripe Press: https://www.angelfire.com/ny5/pinstripepress The Highlander: https://www.angelfire.com/ny5/thehighlander Editor's Email: StlrsFan1@aol.com Copyright © 2002-2003 Pinstripe Press. All Rights Reserved. This online newsletter is not affiliated with the New York Yankees. The opinions expressed solely represent the contributor's and not the Pinstripe Press.

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